Fig. 6.

Adverse health consequences of clinician weight bias and stigma. Many healthcare clinicians hold negative attitudes and stereotypes about people with obesity. Such attitudes affect person-perceptions, judgment, interpersonal behavior, decision-making, and may adversely impact the quality-of-care clinicians provide and patients receive. Past experiences of poor treatment or anticipation of poor treatment may contribute to patient stress, avoidance of care, mistrust of clinicians, poor adherence, and adverse health outcomes among patients with obesity.